[TODO OSPO Ambassador] Request - Dawn Foster

[geekygirldawn]

TODO OSPO Ambassador Request

This is an issue to request becoming an OSPO Ambassador. If you (as individual) are interested to apply, please make sure you have (1) read the TODO OSPO Ambassador Program documentation
and (2) fulfill the requirements from the Pre-submission checklist.

Pre-submission checklist

• I am 18 years of age or older
• I abide by the TODO Code Of Conduct
• I abide by the LF antitrust policy
• I confirm I meet AT LEAST ONE of the criteria documented at TODO OSPO Ambassador Program documentation

Contact Information

We would need the following information about you to get in contact if elected:

• Name and Surname: Dawn Foster
• (Optional) Organization
• TODO Slack username or email: "Dawn Foster" on TODO Slack
• GitHub or GitLab Handle: @geekygirldawn
• (Optional) Frediverse Handle: https://hachyderm.io/@geekygirldawn

Current involvement in the TODO Community

Who are you?

• An active contributor to a TODO initiative (OSPOlogy, OSPO Landscape, Website, OSPO Book, etc)
• A representative from a TODO General Member or OSPO Associate organization
• An OSPO Local Organizer and/or OSPOlogy Organizer
• An active leader in the TODO community with a minimum of 1 year of experience in
  • Organizing events (virtual/in-person)
  • Speaking at events
  • Mentoring others
  • Creating content (e.g., blogs, videos, etc.)

Please provide a selection of pointers to your active involvement in the TODO community. This can include community calls and/or OSPOlogy live micro-conferences you participated in, PRs, issues, mailing list posts, recordings of talks and presentations, or any other relevant contribution to the TODO group community.

I've been helping to organize OSPOlogy Live events, since the beginning (I think) as a representative from the CHAOSS Project where I am a board member and co-chair of the CHAOSS OSPO Working Group. I was also on the TODO Group Steering Committee from 2021-2022. I've written many blog posts (see https://fastwonderblog.com/starting-point/) and given quite a few presentations (https://fastwonderblog.com/speaking/) on topics related to OSPOs.

Your goals and activities as TODO OSPO Ambassador

Describe your goals as a TODO OSPO Ambassador:

• How you are intending to help the community to thrive?
• Which activities are you intending to support and/or drive?

I would like to continue to organize OSPOlogy live events, especially here in Europe. Since I don't see any existing ambassadors here in the UK, I would love to help connect the OSPO community here via meetups and helping to organize OSPOlogy events.

I also plan to continue to write and speak about OSPO-related topics.

[anajsana]

Thank you for your interest in becoming a TODO Group Ambassador, @geekygirldawn! I’ve passed your submission to our Steering Committee for review and approval. Please allow a couple of weeks for the team to vote. You can track the vote progress in this same issue in the vote comment below

[anajsana]

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57.14% of the users with binding vote were in favor and 0.00% were against (passing threshold: 51%).

Summary

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Binding votes (4)

User	Vote	Timestamp
@BrittanyIstenes	In favor	2026-02-10 13:46:19.0 +00:00:00
@fer-correa	In favor	2026-02-10 12:52:24.0 +00:00:00
@gkunz	In favor	2026-02-10 10:23:53.0 +00:00:00
@natalisucks	In favor	2026-02-10 11:49:32.0 +00:00:00